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Letters Patent No. 99,487, dated February 1. 1870.

IMPROVED COMPOUND IOR COLORING AND PRESERVING- HAIR.

The Schedule xfen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GIBSON SMITH, of Grotou' Junction, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusetts, have inventedcertain new and useful Ill'lDl'OVIIleflt-Slll Compounds for Coloring and Preserving Hair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription 'thereofi.

I obtained, on 'March 23, 1869, Letters Patent of the United States for an improved compound for coloring hair. Since the issue of said patent, I have discovered ,an important auxiliary to this compound, the effect of which is to render the hair, which is naturally harsh and wiry, atonce soft audpliable.

To enable others skilled in the art to make my im proved compound for the hair, I will now proceed to describe how the same should be made.

I use, by weight, one ounce of hyposulphite of soda,

thirteen ounces of soft water, one ounce and a half of glyceriue, and three ounces of rose-water.

The above-named ingredients should be thoroughly incorporated with each other, when the compound is ready for use.

I rlo'not wish to confine myself .simply to the proportions gh'enabove; but

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-i 

